Aristocrats of color : the Black elite, 1880-1920 by Willard B Gatewood(
Book
)15
editions published
between
1990
and
2000
in
English
and held by
1,393 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Every American city had a small, self-aware, and active black elite, who felt it was their duty to set the standard for the
less fortunate members of their race and to lead their communities by example. Professor Gatewood's study examines this class
of African Americans by looking at the genealogies and occupations of specific families and individuals throughout the United
States and their roles in their various communities. --from publisher description

"Smoked Yankees" and the struggle for empire : letters from Negro soldiers, 1898-1902 by Willard B Gatewood(
Book
)13
editions published
between
1971
and
1999
in
English
and held by
1,023 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
... Black soldiers (called 'Smoked Yankees' by the Spaniards) hoped to ease Negro oppression in the United States by serving
in the regular and volunteer armies during the Spanish-American War and fighting for the white man in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and
the Philippines. Selected from hundreds printed in the Negro press, these letters constitute a remarkably complete and hitherto
undisclosed record of the black man's role (and attitudes) in America's struggle for empire at the turn of the century. Together
they provide a wholly new perspective on the Spanish-American War and the Filipino Insurrection

Slave and freeman, the autobiography of George L. Knox by George L Knox(
Book
)5
editions published
in
1979
in
English
and held by
596 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Born in Tennessee in 1841, George L. Knox survived slavery and service with both Confederate and Union armies during the Civil
War and afterward made his way north to find a chilly reception in Indiana. His autobiography covers the first 44 years of
his life and tells how he persevered against threats, harassment, and physical intimidation to become a leading citizen of
Indianapolis and an important figure of the Republican Party

The Arkansas Delta : land of paradox by Willard B Gatewood(
Book
)5
editions published
between
1993
and
2015
in
English
and held by
196 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Emerges is a rich tapestry of dichotomies that is the Delta - a land of black and white, of wealth and poverty, of progress
and stasis, of despair and hope - in which all that is dear and terrible about this often overlooked region of the South is
revealed

The American experience : a concise history by Randall Bennett Woods(
Book
)4
editions published
in
2000
in
English
and held by
33 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
[This book] focuses on events, personalities, and movements that have figured prominently in the shaping of the nation and
that have proved to be enduring ingredients of the introductory course in United States history at the college level. Particular
attention is paid to the formation, transformation, interaction, and disintegration of national, regional, ethnic, and economic
communities. [This book] addresses the roles of commerce and religion in the development of colonies; the forces and circumstances
leading to the American Revolution; the contours of republicanism; the origins and development of slavery; the evolution of
political parties and the two-party system; Manifest Destiny and continental expansion; events leading up to and through the
Civil War and Reconstruction ... [The book] also incorporate[s] significant contributions of the new social history, especially
those relating to gender, everyday life, and the role of groups such as African Americans and Native Americans ... Throughout
[the authors] describe and analyze the forces that have contributed to both conflict and continuity in American society.-Pref